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Earthquake-Induced Structural Pounding

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It has been observed during earthquakes that adjacent building, or bridge segments, might come into contact if the separation distance between them is not sufficient so as to accommodate their relative movements. This phenomenon, known as the earthquake-induced structural pounding, may lead to local damage at the contact locations during moderate seismic excitations or may result in significant damage or even total collapse of colliding structures in the case of severe ground motions.

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  1. Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland

    Robert Jankowski

  2. Department of Construction Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Dammam, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Sayed Mahmoud

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Jankowski, R., Mahmoud, S. (2015). Introduction. In: Earthquake-Induced Structural Pounding. GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16324-6_1

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